quarta-feira, 30 de novembro de 2011

The colonial war in Angola lasted more than 10 years (1961-1974). Unlike Portuguese Guinea and Mozambique, this particular TO was more or less stable by the time of the 25th April Revolution in Portugal (also called the Carnation Revolution, in 1974), that ended the authoritarian dictatorship known as the "Estado Novo".

Both sides in this war indulged in a few terrible atrocities against civilians.

(Class 440 locomotive - Indian National Railways)

Carlos sure knows how to put the elephants to good use in his dios.

As you can see, there is nothing like a couple of good old elephants to push a railroad car to it's proper place!

(Class D-37 locomotive - Yugoslav State Railways)

The Chinook is a heavy lift helicopter that no self-respected army can do without - except those that cannot afford them...

segunda-feira, 28 de novembro de 2011

And here you have them: two more elegant dios from our friend Carlos, with their painting still fresh.

The Boer guerrilla fighters sure knew how make an ambush.

The British regulars had a very hard time catching up with the Boer guerrillas in the Second Boer War (1899-1902), during the guerrilla phase.

This conflict showed (once again...) that there is only one method to win against an insurgency: utter ruthlessness.

(Class Bournonais 0-3-0 locomotive)

On the other hand, the Franco-Prussian war (from July 1870 to May 1871) was a perfect example of how things can go terribly wrong in a short time, when the general plan is not well prepared - remember that it was France that declared war on Prussia.

The German superiority in tactics, training and materiel took an awful toll on the French armies.

domingo, 27 de novembro de 2011

BT secret services discovered the best kept secret of 2011, the next year theme for Ambush Blitz Campaign - that´s right folks - first hand - we are going to have Russians against Germans - the place of the event .... Espinho, the date .....September 8th.

BT spies have discovered the building up of german and russians forces and the beginning of their troop movements. The Russians anticipating the long-expected attack began first, preparing their defenses, massing forces, starting with the HQ´s, Anti-aircraft positions and moving infantry.

Top Secret - Here are the evidences gathered by our field agents:

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HQ - Zis M1 saloon car from Pithead, and

Russian officers from Pendraken

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Bren carrier and Soviet tank riders from WGS

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76mm AA gun, M31 by Pendraken

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These AA guns seem fearful, pointing and looking at the sky in search of the dreaded Stukas and junkers 88.
Stay tunned for more secret news - By the way you are all invited to appear next year in Espinho.

Carlos included in this dio a few CV's 33 - CV stands for carro veloce that translates as fast car.

After 1938 this vehicle was redesignated L3/33 and a later model (L3/35) was sent to Russia with the Italian expeditionary corps, during WWII, were it was thoroughly chewed up by the Russian armoured forces.